OC manager files for divorce following restraining order

May 23, 2013

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OCEAN CITY — The city manager for Ocean City has filed for divorce from his wife after she made allegations against him of violent behavior and a threat of suicide.

The Recors were to appear in Snow Hill District Court on May 17, to address accusations by Maria Recor that her husband had shoved her while on a recent family trip to Florida.

Neither David or Maria Recor showed up at the scheduled hearing that day. Instead, David Recor submitted divorce paperwork on the other side of Snow Hill at the the Circuit Court.

In the divorce filing, Recor says since May 13 the couple have lived separate and apart from each other, continuously and without cohabitation. The separation is final “with no reasonable hope or expectation of reconciliation.”

Maria Recor has agreed to the divorce with no objections, according to the case file. The divorce will be finalized by a judge’s signature, which could come in the next week, according to courthouse staffers.

The case filing says the couple married Dec. 30, 1989, in Virginia. They have four daughters, two in their early 20s, and two teenagers.

Maria Recor filed a request in Wicomico County District Court on May 10 for a protective order against her husband. In written testimony within that complaint, she alleged that her husband responded to a lack of momentary attention by taking to the roof of a vacation house, and threatened to jump.

The testimony goes on to say that, after she talked him down, David stated to his wife his belief that she didn’t love him anymore. “No, I don’t,” was her reply. He then allegedly pushed her twice.

Because the couple failed to appear at their hearing to review the temporary restraining order, a judge dismissed the case, and the restraining order was vacated.

David Recor took over as City Manager of Ocean City in June 2012. Before that, he had been City Manager of Fort Pierce, Fla.

Mayor Rick Meehan has stated that he stands behind Recor in his capacity as City Manager.

“I'm very comfortable with David in his position and I am sure he'll handle this properly,” Meehan said.